Workers of the Word Unite!: A Timeline of the Powell’s Books Union Campaign, 1998-2000
by Ryan Wisnor :: September 2018 marks the twentieth anniversary of the beginning of the Powell’s Books union campaign and the subsequent formation of International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 5. The unrelenting creativity of the booksellers’ work stoppages and street theater captured the imagination of activists and generated a social movement of supportContinue Reading Workers of the Word Unite!: A Timeline of the Powell’s Books Union Campaign, 1998-2000